UNIVERSITY   OF   CALIFORNIA    PUBLICATIONS. 

COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE. 

AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION. 


COMMERCIAL  FERTILIZERS 


By    JOHN    S.    BURD. 


BULLETIN    No.    187. 

(  Berkeley,  CaL,  January,  1907.) 


SACRAMENTO 

w.  w.  shannon,    :    :    :    :    :    superintendent  state  printing 

1907 


BENJAMIN  IDE  WHEELER,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  the  University. 


EXPERIMENT  STATION  STAFF. 

E.  J.  WICKSON,  M.A.,  Acting  Director  and  Horticulturist. 

E.  W.  HILGARD,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  Chemist. 

W.  A.   SETCHELL,   Ph.D.,  Botanist. 

ELWOOD  MEAD,   M.S.,   C.E.,   Irrigation  Engineer. 

C.  W.  WOODWORTH,  M.S.,  Entomologist. 

R.  H.  LOUGHRIDGE,  Ph.D.,  Agricultural  Geologist  and  Soil  Physicist.    (Soils,  Alkali.) 

M.  E.  JAFFA,  M.S.,  Nutrition  Expert,  in  charge  of  the  Poultry  Station. 

G.  W.  SHAW,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Agricultural  Technologist,  in  charge  of  Cereal  Stations. 

GEORGE  E.  COLBY,  M.S.,  Chemist.     (Fruits,  Waters,  Insecticides.) 

RALPH  E.  SMITH,  B.S.,  Plant  Pathologist  and  Superintendent  of  Southern  California 

Pathological  Laboratory  and  Experiment  Stations. 
A.  R.  WARD,  B.S.A.,  D.V.M.,  Veterinarian  and  Bacteriologist. 

E.  W.  MAJOR,  B.Agr.,  Animal  Industry. 

F.  T.   BIOLETTI,  M.S.,   ViticulUirist.      (Grapes,  Wine,  and  Zymology.) 
H.  M.  HALL,  M.S.,  Assistant  Botanist. 

H.  J.  QUAYLE,  A.B.,  Assistant  Entomologist. 

JOHN  S.  BURD,  B.S.,  Chemist,  in  charge  of  Fertilizer  Control. 

C.  M.  HARING,  D.V.M:.  Assistant  Veterinarian  and  Bacteriologist. 
E.  H.   SMITH,  M.S.,         ) 

H.  J.  RAMSEY,  M.S.,      >     Assistant  Plant  Pathologist. 

T.   F.  HUNT,   B.S.,  ) 

R.  E.  MANSELL,  Assistant  in  Horticulture  in  charge  of  Central  Station  Grounds. 

G.  R.  STEWART,  B.S.,  Assistant  in  Station  Laboratory. 
,  Assistant  in  Soil  Laboratory. 

RALPH  BENTON,  B.S.,  Assistant  in  Entomology. 

LUDWIG  ROSENSTEIN,  Laboratory  Assistant  in  Fertilizer  Control. 

ALFRED  TOURNIER,  Assistant  in  Viticulture. 

HANS  C.  HOLM,  Student  Assistant  in  Zymology. 

A.  J.  GAUMNITZ,  M.S.,  Assistant  in  Cereal  Laboratory. 

J.  C.  BRADLEY,  A.B.,  Assistant  in  Entomology. 

D.  L.  BUNNELL,  Clerk  to  the  Director. 


JOHN  TUOHY,  Patron,  ) 

r    n,    T^AT>cja    =i  (       Tulare  Substation,  Tulare. 

J.  T.  BEARSS,  Foreman,         ) 

J.  W.  MILLS,  Horticultural  Assistant  in  Southern  California,  Riverside. 

J.  W.  ROPER,  Patron,  > 

■^    ^    ™TT  t  -t^tt.    r       7  ?       University   Forestry   Station,   Chico. 

E.  C.  MILLER  In  charge,       S 

ROY  JONES,  Patron,  ) 

__    ._    „.„„.„    „  >       University  Forestry  Station,  Santa  Monica. 

N.   D.  INGHAM,  Foreman,      ) 

VINCENT  J.  HUNTLEY,  Foreman  of  California  Poultry  Experiment  Station,  Petaluma. 

The   Station   publications    (Reports   and   Bulletins),   so    long    as 
available,  will  be  sent  to  any  citizen  of  the  State  on  application. 


COMMERCIAL   FERTILIZERS. 


By  JOHN  S.  BURD. 


The  California  State  Fertilizer  Control  attempts  to  prevent  the 
adulteration  of  fertilizers  by  a  systematic  inspection  and  examination 
of  fertilizers  found  on  the  open  market  and  in  the  hands  of  purchasers. 
The  tabulated  results  of  these  examinations,  together  with  the  manu- 
facturers' guaranties,  are  published  semi-annually  for  the  information 
of  prospective  purchasers  and  others  interested  in  the  sale  of  commer- 
cial fertilizers.  These  publications,  by  showing  the  brands  that  conform 
to  or  fall  below  the  guaranties  of  their  manufacturers,  indicate  which 
manufacturers'  guaranties  are  the  more  reliable.  It  is  considered  that 
this  has  the  effect  of  causing  discrimination,  on  the  part  of  purchasers, 
against  the  unreliable  goods;  and  by  diminishing  sales  serves  as  a 
constant  inducement  to  the  trade  to  put  out  goods  conforming  to 
guaranties. 

The  purpose  of  the  State  law  and  the  object  of  the  Control  is 
primarily  to  prevent  fraud  in  a  commodity  which  is  peculiarly  subject 
to  adulteration.  It  is  not  designed  to  pick  out  the  so-called  "best 
fertilizer, ' '  as  some  correspondents  seem  to  think.  There  is  no  one  class 
of  fertilizers  that  will  give  maximum  returns  in  growth  and  crop  for 
the  least  money  under  all  possible  circumstances.  All  the  classes  of 
goods  reported  in  these  bulletins  are  believed  to  have  a  certain  value, 
when  applied  to  soils  to  which  they  are  adapted  and  under  conditions 
suited  to  them.  So  that  under  varying  circumstances  each  class  may 
be  the  ideal  "best  fertilizer."  While  certain  well-known  principles 
frequently  alluded  to  in  the  publications  of  this  Department  may 
serve  as  guides  in  deciding  which  is  the  best  class  of  fertilizers  for  a 
given  soil  and  crop,  the  final  choice  must  always  depend  on  a  knowledge 
of  local  conditions  and  past  experience  with  fertilizers  on  the  soil  and 
crop  under  consideration.  The  farmer,  therefore,  can  not  hope  to 
shift  the  burden  of  this  choice.  The  Fertilizer  Control  certainly  accepts 
no  such  responsibility,  nor  does  it  recommend  particular  brands  or 
dealers  to  consumers. 


356  UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT  STATION. 

THE  VALUE  OF  ANALYSES  FOR  CONSUMERS. 

The  State  fertilizer  law  gives  every  consumer  the  privilege  of 
having  samples  of  commercial  fertilizers  analyzed  by  the  Control,  in 
return  for  a  nominal  fee  and  the  satisfying  of  certain  simple  require- 
ments. This  matter  has  been  explained  in  previous  bulletins  and  will 
not  be  repeated  here  in  detail.  Applications  for  further  information 
will,  however,  be  cheerfully  answered.  It  must  be  admitted  with  regret 
that  this  wise  provision  has  not  yet  accomplished  the  object  for  which 
it  was  intended.  This  conclusion  is  based  on  the  correspondence  with 
persons  sending  samples.  The  greater  number  of  these  apparently  do 
not  send  the  sample  until  after  the  purchase  is  complete,  so  that  they 
have  no  recourse  in  case  the  goods  are  deficient  in  any  respect.  Again, 
farmers  as  a  rule  will  not  buy  on  the  unit  basis,  as  they  have  so 
frequently  been  advised  to  do.  So  that  even  if  the  dealer  is  willing  to 
submit  to  a  rebate,  there  is  no  satisfactory  basis  upon  which  he  can  do 
so.  The  result  appears  to  be  that  when  deficiencies  are  reported,  the 
farmer  merely  becomes  disgruntled  with  his  dealer  and  there  is  no  other 
result.  Whereas,  if  he  bought  at  so  much  per  unit  a  simple  calculation 
from  the  analysis  would  show  exactly  what  the  refund  should  be  and 
permit  of  an  amicable  adjustment.  It  may  be  asserted  with  confidence 
that  where  an  inspection  is  in  any  way  efficient,  the  deficiencies  met 
with  tend  rather  to  the  commercial  than  the  agricultural  injury  of  the 
farmer.  That  is  to  say,  the  mere  fact  that  an  inspection  exists  is 
sufficient  in  most  cases  to  prevent  such  gross  adulteration  as  would 
result  in  great  injury  to  the  crop.  But  the  small  deficiencies  occurring 
under  the  best  regulated  system  of  inspection  may  result  in  considerable 
financial  loss  to  consumers.  Failure  to  understand  these  facts  fre- 
quently renders  an  analysis  worse  than  useless  to  the  farmer,  but  their 
full  realization  can  only  result  in  making  the  privilege  of  appreciable 
value  to  him. 

THE  UNIT  BASIS. 

The  calculation  of  the  commercial  value  of  a  fertilizer  can  only  be 
made  on  the  so-called  unit  basis.  Such  calculations  consist  simply  in 
multiplying  the  number  of  per  cent  of  each  ingredient  by  the  price 
per  unit  and  adding  the  products.  The  sum  thus  obtained  is  the  com- 
mercial value  per  ton  at  the  prices  used.  If  it  is  desired  to  use  such  a 
calculation  for  determining  the  amount  which  should  be  paid  for  goods, 
or  the  rebate  to  which  the  buyer  is  entitled  owing  to  the  goods  delivered 
being  below  the  guaranty,  it  can  only  be  satisfactorily  done  if  a  definite 
price  per  unit  has  been  agreed  upon  between  buyer  and  seller.  But' 
for  the  mere  purpose  of  showing  the  relative  values  of  goods  to  guaran- 
ties, it  is  not  at  all  necessary  that  the  prices  adopted  should  be  the 


COMMERCIAL   FERTILIZERS.  357 

exact  market  prices.  Thus  it  is  that  the  Fertilizer  Control  in  attempt- 
ing to  show  the  relation  between  values  found  and  values  claimed,  uses 
a  schedule  which  is  admittedly  only  an  approximate  average  of  market 
values.  Owing  to  market  fluctuations,  differences  in  cost  of  delivery 
at  different  points,  and  other  causes,  the  obtaining  of  true  average 
market  prices  is  an  impossibility.  But  if  the  reader  will  bear  in  mind 
the  true  purpose  of  the  valuations  reported,  these  will  have  served 
their  turn  and  he  will  not  be  led  to  assume  that  the  Experiment  Station 
is  dictating  the  prices  at  which  goods  shall  be  sold. 

Schedule  of  Trade  Values. 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Cents 
Per  Pound. 

Available    (water    and    citrate-soluble) 6 

Insoluble  in  mixed  fertilizers 2y2 

In  fine*  bone  and  tankage 4%f 

In  medium*  bone  and  tankage 3%f 

In  fine*  Thomas  phosphate  powder 5f 

In  medium*  Thomas  phosphate  powder 3f 

Nitrogen. 

In  ammonia  salts 18 

In    nitrates 16% 

Organic   in — 

Blood    18V2 

Mixed    fertilizers 18 

Fine*  bone  and  tankage 18f 

Medium*  bone  and  tankage 14f 

Potash. 

From    sulfate 6 

From  muriate 5 

REGISTERED    MANUFACTURERS    AND    DEALERS. 

The  following  manufacturers  and  dealers  in  commercial  fertilizers 
have  obtained  certificates  of  registration  under  the  provisions  of  the 
California  Fertilizer  law  for  the  fiscal  year  beginning  July  1,  1906.  A 
list  is  also  given  of  the  brands  of  fertilizers  and  fertilizer  materials 
offered  by  them  for  sale.  According  to  the  sworn  returns  of  dealers 
registered  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1906,  their  entire  sales 
in  the  State  amounted  to  16,801  tons. 

No  dealer  or  manufacturer,  except  those  who  have  certificates  of 
registration  from  the  University  of  California,  and  their  authorized 

*  Fine  and  medium  bone  are  separated  by  a  sieve  with  50  meshes  to  the  inch ; 
fine  and  medium  tankage  by  a  25-mesh  sieve ;  and  fine  and  medium  Thomas  phosphate 
powder  by  a  100-mesh  sieve. 

t  For  the  purpose  of  calculating  comparative  values  an  average  value  of  4  cents 
per  pound  for  phosphoric  acid  and  17  cents  for  nitrogen  is  used  on  bone  meal  and 
tankage ;  an  average  of  4V2  cents  per  pound  is  used  for  phosphoric  acid  in  Thomas 
phosphate  powder. 


Value 

Per  Unit. 

$1  20 

0  50 

0  90 

0  70 

1  00 

0  60 

3  GO 

3  30 

3  70 

3  60 

3  60 

2  80 

1  20 

1  00 

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UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA — EXPERIMENT  STATION. 


agents,  can  legally  sell  fertilizers  in  this  State.  No  person  or  com- 
pany has  any  right  to  use  any  registration  number  except  in  connec- 
tion with  the  firm  name  to  which  the  registration  certificate  of  such 
number  has  been  issued;  and  no  person  or  company  to  whom  a  regis- 
tration number  has  been  assigned  has  any  right  to  give  any  other 
person  or  company  permission  to  use  said  registration  number,  and 
any  number  so  used  is  a  fraud.  No  agent  has  any  right  to  use  his 
principal's  registration  number  in  connection  with  his  own  name. 


Agricultural  Chemical  Works,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


Registration  No.  8. 


Apricot. 

Bat    Guano. 

Berry. 

Blood. 

Blood  and  Bone. 

Bone  Meal. 

Grape. 

Gypsum. 

Lawn   and   Rose. 

Muriate  of  Potash. 

Nitrate  of  Soda. 

No.   1  Orange  and   Lemon. 

Nursery. 

Olive. 

Special 


Peach. 
Potato. 
Prune. 

Riverside   Special   Orange  and   Lemon. 
Special  Orange  and  Lemon  for  Heavy  Soil. 
Special  Orange  and  Lemon  for  Light  Soil. 
Special    Orange    and    Lemon    for    Non- 
fruiting  Trees. 
Sulfate  of  Potash. 
Superphosphate. 
Tankage. 
Vegetable. 
Walnut  and  Almond. 


mixtures   to   order   of   consumers. 


American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co.,  California  Works,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Registration  No.   1. 


Acid  Phosphate. 

Blood. 

Bat   Guano. 

Bradley's   Fruit  and  Vine. 

Bradley's  Special  Fruit  and  Vine. 

Bradley's   Lawn. 

Bradley's    California   Vegetable. 


Ground   Bone. 
Nitrate  of  Soda. 
Bradley's    Nursery    Stock. 
Bradley's   Orange  and   Lemon. 
Sulfate  of  Potash. 
Special  Brands  to  Order. 


The  Armour  Fertilizer  Works,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Registration  No.   7. 


Armour's  Acidulated  Bone  Meal. 

Armour's  Bone   Meal. 

Armour's  Bone  Flour  for  Flowers. 

Armour's  Bone,    Blood   and   Potash. 

Armour's  Concentrated^    Superphosphate. 

Armour's  Dried   Blood: 

Armour's  Flower  and  Fern  Food. 

Armour's  Fruit   Special. 

Armour's  Fruit  and  Vine  Fertilizer. 

Special    mixtures   to 


Armour's  Lawn   and    Garden   Fertilizer. 
Armour's  Nitrate  of   Soda. 
Armour's  Orange  Tree  Manure. 
Armour's  Pea  Special. 
Armour's  Special  5-8-2. 
Armour's  Sulfate   of   Potash. 
Armour's  Tankage. 
Bat   Guano. 

Lawn  Fertilizer  No.   2. 
order   of   consumers. 


COMMERCIAL   FERTILIZERS. 


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Nitrate  of  Soda. 
Sulfate   of   Potash. 


Balfour,  Guthrie  &  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Registration  No.  10. 

Thomas  Phosphate  Powder. 


California  Fertilizer  Works,  Inc.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Registration  No.   3. 


Fruit   and    Vine. 
Fruit  and   Vine   Fertilizer. 
Fruit,  Orange  and  Vine. 
Special  Fruit  and  Vine. 
High    Grade    Ammoniated    Boue    Super- 
phosphate. 
High   Grade  Bone  Meal. 
Hop. 

Lemon  Tree    (M). 
Nursery   Stock. 
Nursery  Stock  Fertilizer. 

Special   mixtures   to 


Odorless  Lawn  Dressing. 

Orange   Tree    (B). 

Special  Orange  Tree. 

Peach. 

Peach    Fertilizer. 

Special  Fertilizer  with  Iron  Sulfate. 

Special  Fertilizer. 

Special  Orange  and  Lemon. 

Special  Phosphate  and  Potash. 

Special  Sugar. 

Truck  and  Berry. 

order   of   consumers. 


Cudahy  Packing  Co.,  South  Omaha,  Neb. 
Registration  No.  16. 
Tankage,  otherwise  designated  Blood  and  Bone. 

Hawaiian  Fertilizer  Co.,  Ltd.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Registration    No.    19. 


Blood. 

Guano. 

Muriate   of   Potash. 

Nitrate  of  Soda. 


Sulfate  of  Potash. 

Phosphate. 

Tankage. 

Special   mixtures   to   order   of   consumers. 


AA. 


The  Maier  Fertilizer  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Registration   No.  6. 
T. 

Special   mixtures   to   order   of   consumers. 


Mapes  Fruit  and  Vine  Manure 
Mapes  Vegetable  Manure. 


Mapes  Formula  and  Peruvian  Guano  Co.,  New  York. 
Registration  No.  12. 

Mapes   Orange  Tree  Manure. 


The  Mountain  Copper  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal, 

•     Registration    No.    28. 

Superphosphates. 

Mixed  Fertilizers  of  various  compositions. 

Special   mixtures   to   order   of  consumers. 


Nitrate  of  Soda. 
Sulfate  of  Potash. 


360  UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT  STATION. 


S.  M.  Neely,  San  Diego,  Cal. 

Registration  No.  20. 


Bird    Guano. 


Oakland  Meat  and  Packing  Co.,  Stock  Yards,  Cal. 

Registration  No.  24. 
Special    Fertilizer. 

Pacific  Bone,  Coal  and  Fertilizing  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Registration  No.  14. 

Ceres  Brand.  Pomona   Brand. 

Citrona  Brand.  Lupine    Brand. 

Nitrate   of    Soda.  Thomas  Phosphate  Powder. 

Special  mixtures  to  order   of  consumers. 

Paeifle  Guano  and  Fertilizer  Co.,  San  Franciseo,  Cal. 

Registration   No.  4. 

Dissolved  Bone  Meal.  (N)  Orange  and  Lemon. 

Raw  Bone  Meal.  (NN)  Orange  and  Lemon. 

Steamed   Bone   Meal.  (O)   Peach,  Almond,  and  Prune. 

Double  Manure   Salt.  Special  Formula. 

Dried  Blood.  Sulfate  of  Ammonia. 

Fish    Scrap.  Sulfate  of  Potash. 

(OO)    Grape  Fertilizer.  Superphosphate. 

Kainit.  Double  Superphosphate. 

Ohlandt's  Lawn  Dressing.  Tankage  No.  1. 

Muriate  of  Potash.  Tankage    No.  2. 

Nitrate   of   Soda.  Thomas   Phosphate   Powder. 

Nursery    Stock.  (OOO)    Vegetable  Grower. 

Carroll  B.  Smith,  Redlands,  Cal. 

Registration  No.  25. 

Queen  Quality.  Sulfate  of  Potash. 

Golden    Fruit.  Nitrate  of  Soda. 

Green    Leaf.  Thomas  Phosphate  Powder. 

Stauffer  Chemical  Co.,  San  Franeisco,  Cal. 

Registration  No.  29. 

Cresco. 

Simple  materials  and  special  mixtures  to  order  of  consumers. 

Swift  &  Co.,  Chicago,  111. 

Registration  No.  5. 

Swift's  Diamond  "A"  Fertilizer.  Swift's  Diamond  "G"  Fertilizer. 

Swift's  Diamond  "B"  Fertilizer.  Swift's  Ground  Dried  Blood. 

Swift's  Diamond  "C"  Fertilizer.  Swift's  Special  Acidulated  Bone. 

Swift's  Diamond  "D"  Fertilizer.  Swift's   Special   Bone   Meal. 

Swift's  Diamond  "E"  Fertilizer. 


COMMERCIAL   FERTILIZERS. 


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Union  Fertilizer  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal, 

Registration  No.  9. 

Blood.   ,  Fruiting  Fertilizer. 

Blood  and  Bone.  Special  Fruiting  Fertilizer. 

Bone   Meal.  Lawn   Fertilizer. 

Guano.  Nitrate  of  Soda. 

Phosphate.  Nursery    Fertilizer. 

Steamed  Bone.  Sulfate  of  Potash. 

Superphosphate.  Tankage. 

Special   fertilizers   to   order  of  consumers. 


Thos.  C.  Wallace,  Riverside. 

Registration  No.  30. 

Pacific  Big  Six. 
Pacific  Big  Seven. 
Pacific  Big  Eight. 


Pacific  Big  Two. 
Pacific  Big  Three. 
Pacific  Big  Four. 
Pacific  Big  Five. 


Simple  materials  and  special  mixtures   to  order  of  consumers. 

Western  Meat  Co.,  San  Franeiseo,  Cal. 
Registration  No.  11. 
W.   M.   Co.   Dry  Ground  Tankage. 


The  Woodbridge  Chemieal  Works,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 

Registration  No.  15. 


Citrus  A. 
Citrus  B. 
Orange   and   Lemon   No. 


Lawn  and  Rose. 

Summer  Special  for  Orange  Trees. 

Vegetable   Fertilizer. 


Bone   Meal. 

Lemon. 

Lawn. 

Muriate   of   Potash. 

Nitrate  of  Soda. 


Woodbridge  Fertilizer  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Registration  No.  22. 

Orange  No.  1. 
Riverside    Special. 
Sulfate  of  Potash. 
Tankage. 


SCOPE  OF  INSPECTION. 

This  report  gives  the  results  of  fertilizer  inspection  work  for  the  first 
half  of  the  fiscal  year  1906-07. 

From  July  1  to  December  31,  1906,  183  samples  of  registered  fertil- 
izers and  fertilizing  materials  have  been  received  at  the  laboratory. 
Of  this  number,  8  were  sent  by  farmers  under  the  two-dollar  fee  pro- 
vision, 41  were  taken  by  inspectors  from  purchasers'  goods  upon  the 
request  of  the  purchasers/and  134  were  taken  by  inspectors  from  goods 
in  the  hands  of  agents  and  manufacturers.  On  29  samples  the  analysis 
as  reported  was  used  as  a  basis  of  settlement  by  mutual  agreement  of 
buyer  and  seller.     No  guaranty  was  required  or  given  with  goods  sold 


362  UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT  STATION. 

under  such  an  agreement.  It  is  to  be  noted  that  the  total  number  of 
samples  is  less  than  that  of  the  preceding  half-year,  as  reported  in 
Bulletin  No.  173,  but  is  greater  than  the  numbers  heretofore  reported 
for  the  fall  inspection.  For  corresponding  half-years  the  increase  has 
been  consistent,  but  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  bulk  of  the  sales  are 
made  in  the  spring  that  portion  of  the  year  will  always  present  better 
opportunities  for  the  collection  of  samples. 

The  following  classification  may  be  made  of  samples  reported  in  this 
bulletin : 

Complete     fertilizers     - 94 

Bone    meal     IS 

Tankage     30 

Nitrogenous    superphosphate     1 

Superphosphate  and  potash   1 

Superphosphate    1 

Thomas     phosphate    powder 2 

Dried  blood 12 

Nitrate  of  soda    7 

Bird  guano  phosphate    5 

Sulfate  of  potash    3 

Bat    guano 3 

Total    183 

DEFICIENCIES. 

In  the  analyses  of  the  above  samples,  the  following  number  of 
deficiencies  greater  than  allowed  by  law  occur : 

Available  phosphoric  acid  (total  when  available  is  not  guaranteed)  7 

Total  nitrogen    16 

Potash    9 

In    valuation     6 

.  These  deficiencies  were  found  in  24  samples. 

The  fertilizer  law  allows  a  deficienc}^  of  0.25  per  cent  in  nitrogen, 
0.50  per  cent  in  potash,  and  1.00  per  cent  in  available  phosphoric  acid. 

REPORT    OF    ANALYSES.* 

Available  phosphoric  acid  is  not  determined  in  bone  meal,  tankage, 
and  Thomas  phosphate  powder,  unless  requested.  The  fineness  of  these 
materials  is  determined,  fine  and  medium  bone  being  separated  by  a 
sieve  of  50  meshes  to  the  inch;  tankage  by  a  25-mesh  sieve;  and  Thomas 
phosphate  powder  by  a  100-mesh  sieve. 

Some  fertilizers  containing  all  three  ingredients  are  rated  as  tankage, 
because  they  are  non-acidulated  tankage  products  with  potash  salts 
added,  and  do  not  carry  a  guaranty  of  available  phosphoric  acid. 


*  The  laboratory  work  in  connection  with  these  analyses  was  largely  carried  out 
by  Mr.  Ludwig  Rosenstein,  to  whom  credit  is  due  for  his  careful  and  conscientious 
work. 


COMMERCIAL   FERTILIZERS.  363 

Nitrogen  in  ammonia  salts  will,  in  some  cases,  be  found  reported  when 
nitrogen  in  this  form  is  not  guaranteed.  In  some  of  such  cases  this 
form  of  nitrogen  is  produced  by  conversion  of  organic  nitrogen  during 
process  of  manufacture,  and  is  not  to  be  considered  a  deviation  from 
guaranty  of  materials  used.  Guanos  carry  more  or  less  nitrogen  in 
nitrates  and  ammonia  salts,  and  when  any  appreciable  quantity  of 
guano  is  used  the  manufacturer  should  take  into  account  the  fact  that 
some  nitrogen  will  show  as  nitrates  and  ammonia  salts.  The  failure  to 
take  this  into  consideration  may  perhaps  account  for  the  appearance 
of  these  forms  of  nitrogen  in  some  samples  in  which  only  organic 
nitrogen  was  guaranteed. 

The  percentage  of  chlorin  is  given  when  it  exceeds  0.50  per  cent.  It 
is  a  matter  of  only  technical  interest  whether  chlorin  present  is  from 
muriate  of  potash,  kainit,  or  from  common  salt  that  may  be  in  some  of 
the  materials  used.  If  a  manufacturer  uses  sulfate  of  potash  and  uses 
a  tankage  with  it  containing  a  large  amount  of  chlorin,  from  a  practical 
standpoint  he  has  lowered  the  grade  of  his  fertilizer  just  as  much  as  if 
he  had  used  muriate  of  potash  instead  of  sulfate  of  potash.  Chlorin 
from  all  other  sources  is  as  objectionable  as  from  muriate  of  potash. 
However,  if  muriate  of  potash  is  found  when  sulfate  is  guaranteed,  the 
fact  will  be  published. 

The  following  abbreviations  are  used  in  the  tables :  Bl=blood ;  Bn= 
bone;  Fs=fish;  G=guano;  Super— superphosphate ;  T=tankage. 

Guaranties  are  entered  in  italics.  Deficiencies  greater  than  allowed 
by  law  are  entered  in  bold  type. 


364 


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ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS. 


Name  and  Address  of  Manufacturer  or 
Dealer,  and  Name  of  Brand. 


From  Whom  Obtained. 


<5 

a  5 


890 

923 

939 

891 

924^ 

821 

892 

823 

824 
837 
893 

838 

825 

826 

795 

836 

925 

926 

927 

928 

834 

835 

827 
828 
839 

978 


Agricultural  Chemical  Works, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Bat  Guano 

Sold  on  Station  analysis. 
Bat  Guano 

Guaranteed 

Bat  Guano 

Guaranteed _ _ 

Berry 

Guaranteed 

Blood  and  Bone 

Guaranteed 

Dried  Blood 

Guaranteed 

Lawn _ 

Guaranteed __ 

Nitrate  of  Soda 

Guaranteed.. _ 

Orange  and  Lemon,  No.  1 _ 

do 

do 

Guaranteed 

Riverside  Special _ 

Guaranteed 

Special 

Guaranteed 

Special  for  Heavy  Soil _. 

Guaranteed 

Special  Orange  and  Lemon __. 

Guaranteed 

Special  Orange  and  Lemon 

Guaranteed 

Special  Orange  and  Lemon 

Guaranteed _ 

Special  Orange  and  Lemon 

Guaranteed _ 

Special  Orange  and  Lemon 

Guaranteed _. 

Special  Orange  and  Lemon.... 

Guaranteed 

Special  Orange  and  Lemon  for  Light 
Soils 

Guaranteed 

Special  Orange  and  Lemon  for  Heavy 
Soils 

Guaranteed _. 

Summer  "A" 

Guaranteed 

Summer  "B" 

Guaranteed 

Tankage _ 

Guaranteed 


Arlington  Heights  Fruit  Co. 
G.  A.  Herdeg,  Riverside 


E.  I.  Martin,  Redlands 

Fletcher,  Doyle  &  Co.,  San  Diego. 


Fletcher,  Doyle  &  Co.,  San  Diego. 
E.  A.  Moore,  Redlands 


Fletcher,  Doyle  &  Co.,  San  Diego. 
E.  A.  Moore.  Redlands 


E.  A.  Moore,  Redlands 

Upland  Feed  and  Fuel  Co.,  Upland. 
Fletcher,  Doyle  &  Co.,  San  Diego... 


Upland  Feed  and  Fuel  Co.,  Upland. 
E.  A.  Moore,  Redlands 


E.  A.  Moore,  Redlands. 
Mrs.  Jordan,  Upland 


A.  Cornelius,  East  Highland. 
G.  A.  Herdeg,  Riverside 


G.  A.  Herdeg,  Riverside 
G.  A.  Herdeg,  Riverside 
G.  A.  Herdeg,  Riverside 


Thomas  Moffatt,  Rialto 

A.  Cornelius,  East  Highland. 


E.  A.  Moore,  Redlands. 
E.  A.  Moore,  Redlands. 
Thomas  Moffatt,  Rialto. 


American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co. 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Bradley's  California  Vegetable 

Guaranteed 

Bradley's  Fruit  and  Vine 


P.  Riedell,  Montecito. 


T.  P.  Drinkwater,  Corona. 


28.48 
46.99 

S4.10 

49.16 
44-57 
25.45 
24.40 
23.37 
26.50 
50.32 
49.95 
22.93 
20.50 
52.01 
51.15 
28.42 
29.43 
29.80 
28.60 
27.25 
26.20 
25.65 
25.70 
23.29 
2S.30 
31.28 
26.20 
24.79 
25.00 
29.25 
24.8O 
29.15 
25.00 
25.67 
25.70 
24.73 
23.60 

23.63 

23.50 

23.88 
24.50 
27.06 
25.90 
25.23 
22.10 
18.37 
18.20 


26.17 

26.21 
26.62 


*924— 67  per  cent  fine. 


COMMERCIAL   FERTILIZERS. 
ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS— Continued. 


365 


a- 
o 

Pounds  Per  Hundred. 

o 
•< 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Nitrogen. 

Potash. 

0 

3; 
0 

te5 

> 

hH 

H 

© 

HH 

M 

O 

H 

^ 

•3 

H 

3 

B 

<: 

fo 

3 
00 
O 

0 
fo" 

-1  to  £ 

3 
55 

fo 

Organic 

Nitrogen 

0 

!i 

£0 

0 
fo" 

C 

«+ 

3 

Guaranteed 

M 

a- 

cr 

0 

as  Derived 

SB 

<r+ 

<n 

a 

!    &&■ 

co 

"g 

From 

a 

: 

890 

7.94 

1.53 

9.47 

1.70 

0.77 

2.53 

5.00 

0.58 

923 

6.83 

0.54 

7.37 

3.70 

2.48 

4.31 

10.49 

1.56 

5.00 

1.00 

6.00 





7.00 



7.00 



2.00 

939 

7  83 

0.87 

8.70 

2.88 

2.95 

4.76 

10.59 



1.72 

6.00 

1.40 

7.40 







_ 



9.73 



. 

1.87 

891 

4.50 

2.79 

7.29 

Super  T 
Bn 





3.30 

. 

3.30 



5.64 

.50 

6.00 

2.00 

8.00 
11.28 

14.00 



2.50 
4.22 
4-50 
13.60 

18.50 
2.89 

Bl,  Bn 

2.50 
4.22 

4-50 
13.60 
13.50 

3.15 

6.00 

994 

8?1 

892 

4.93 

4.64 

9.57 

0.19 

0.07 

2.84 

5.00 

5.00 

10.00 

2.50 

T 

2.50 

2.50 

8?r5 

15.76 

15.50 

1.06 

15.76 
15.50 
3.74 

824 

6.14 

4.12 

10.26 

2.68 

4.87 

.62 

837 

8.00 

2.37 

10.37 

1.21 

2.62 

3.83 

4.35 

.66 

893 

6.27 

4.45 

10.72 



1.09 

0.07 

2.80 

_ 

3.94 



5.10 

5.00 

5.00 

10.00 

Super  T 

1.00 

3.00 

Bl.Bn 

4-00 



5.00 

838 

5.15 

4.84 

9.99 



1.48 



2.71 

4.19 



3.34 

.60 

5.00 

5.00 

10.00 

Super  T 

1.00 

8.00 

Bl,  Bn 

4.00 



8.00 

825 

5.98 

4.13 

10.11 



1.19 



2.68 

3.87 

2.35 

.60 

6.00 
5.22 

4.00 
5.18 

10.00 
10.40 

Super  T 

1.00 
1.12 

8.00 
1.84 

B~l,  Bn 

4.00 
2.96 

2.00 
3.43 

826 

.50 

0.00 

4.00 

io.oo 

1.00 

2.00 

3.00 

3.00 

795 

7.86 

2.00 

9.86 

^ 

1.38 

.16 

2.40 

3.94 

5.90 

5.00 

5.00 

10.00 

O 

1.00 

8.00 

^ 

4.00 



8.00 

836 

6.06 

4.06 

10.12 

8 

1.13 



2.48 

0 

3.61 

2.36 

.58 

5.00 

5.00 

10.00 

(Zj 

1.00 

3.00 

4-00 

... 

2.00 

9?5 

7.37 

0.00 

8.58 

4.11 

4.00 
4.53 

11.48 
10.00 
13.11 

O 

00 

1.65 
1.00 
2.19 

55 

p 

QO 

1.65 
1.00 
3.00 



10.34 

10.00 

5.03 



64 

926 

.81 

.70 

5.00 

5.00 

10.00 

1.00 

2.00 

05 

8.00 

5.00 

927 

5.69 

3.87 

9.56 

« 

1.03 



2.92 

0 

3.95 



2.49 

.68 

0.00 

4-00 

10.00 

1.00 

3.00 

tz5 

4.00 

2.00 

928 

6.44 

6.00 

5.67 

3.89 
4.00 

2.41 

10.33 

10.00 

8.08 

oc 
to 

00 

2.18 
2.00 

2.21 

0 

00 

to 

00 

2.18 
2.00 

3.03 

6.00 
0.00 

4.12 



70 

834 

.82 

.64 

0.00 

2.00 

8.00 

1.00 

2.00 

£2 

8.00 

4.00 

835 

5.99 

3.83 

9.82 

►a 

.94 

2.09 

td 

3.03 

3.46 

.94 

0.00 

4.00 

10.00 

>-! 

1.00 

2.00 

CO 

3.00 

4-00 

827 

7.09 
5.00 
9.11 
0.00 

3.37 

5.00 
4.38 
7.00 

10.46 
10.00 
13.49 

18.00 

H 

1.51 

1.50 
1.68 
1.50 

1.51 

1.50 
1.68 
1.50 



9.52 

10.00 
5.05 
5.00 



66 

8?8 

70 

839 

6.00 

6.00 

4.26 

4.00 

10.26 
10.00 

2.51 
2.50 

— 

2.51 

2.50 





978 

8.38 

1.38 

976 

2.04 

.21 

.87 

3.12 

4.00 

8.00 

1.00 

9.00 

1    1.90 

.SO 

1.10 

8.80 



4.00 



894 

7.99 

1.35 

9.34 

2.13 

.13 

.84 

... 

3.10 



4.86 





366 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA — EXPERIMENT  STATION. 


ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS. 


Name  and  Address  of  Manufacturer  or 
Dealer,  and  Name  of  Brand. 


American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co., 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.- Continued. 

Bradley's  Fruit  and  Vine 

Guaranteed.   

Bradley's  Fruit  and  Vine 

Guaranteed 

Bradley's  Lawn 

Guaranteed. . 

Bradley's  Lawn . 

do 

Guaranteed 

Bradley's  Lemon  Tree .. 

Bradley's  Nursery  Stock 

do ...  


do 

do 

do 

do 

do.... 

do  -. 

Guaranteed 

Bradley's  Orange  and  Lemon 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do... 

Guaranteed __ _. 

Bradley's  Special  Fruit  and  Vine_ 

Guaranteed. 

Nitrate  of  Soda _ 

Guaranteed 

Superphosphate 

Guaranteed 


Armour   Fertilizer  Works, 
Los  Angeles.  Cal. 

Armour's  Bone,  Blood  and  Potash 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Bone,  Blood  and  Potash. 

do 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Bone,  Blood  and  Potash. 

do 

do _. 

do 

Guaranteed. 

Armour's  Bone  Meal 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Bone  Meal 

do 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Bone  Meal 

Guaranteed _. 

Armour's  Bone  Meal 

do ..... 

Guaranteed 

Blood 

do 

Guaranteed  


From  Whom  Obtained. 


W.  R.  Powell,  Glendora, 
P.  Riedell,  Montecito 


Graham-Cope  Com'cial  Co.,  Redlands. 


F.  E.  Dudderar,  Covena. 
P.  Riedell,  Montecito... 


Pacific  Wood  and  Coal  Co.,  San  Diego 
Graham-Cope  Com'cial  Co.,  Redlands. 

Eben  Boalt,  Palermo 

S.  H.  Barrett,  East  Highland 

J.  F.  Monro,  Upland 

R.  S.  Thompson,  Highland- 

A.  P.  Johnson,  Riverside. ._ 

Pacific  Wood  and  Coal  Co.,  San  Diego. 
W.  R.  Powell,  Glendora 


S  H.  Barrett,  East  Highland 

J.  F.  Monro,  Upland 

A.  P.  Johnson,  Riverside 

Eben  Boalt,  Palermo. 

Graham-Cope  Com'cial  Co.,  Redlands 
F.  E.  Dudderar,  Covena 


W.  R.  Powell,  Glendora... 
W.  R.  Powell"  G fendo'ra . '. 
A.  P.  Johnson,  Riverside. 


G.  W.  Russel,  Ontario. 


J.  W.  Freeman,  Redlands. 
G.  W.  Russel,  Ontario.... 


Hansen  &  Catto,  Upland 

W.  T.  Henderson,  Riverside 

do 

J.  C.  Boyd,  Rialto 


W.T.Henderson,  Riverside 


J.  Hudson,  Highgrove. 
Factory,  Colton 


L.  S.  Taylor,  San  Dimas 


J.  W.  Freeman,  Redlands. 
G.  W.  Russel,  Ontario 


Factory,  Colton 

Arlington  Heights  Fruit  Co. 


28.83 
24.86 
26.30 
24.67 
29.08 
27.17 
28.98 
27.88 
27.11 
28.23 
28.72 
28.68 
28.86 
28.72 
29.09 

28  86 
27.78 

29  29 
27.17 
27.58 
27.17 
27.62 
27.95 
23.15 
28.43 
2642 
34.17 
32.90 
52.27 
52.17 
29.06 
19.20 


33.90 
33.40 
33.50 
33.00 
32.80 
33  90 
33.57 
35.21 
36.58 
32.95 
32.00 
27.70 
31.61 
31.99 


35.59 

28.65 
31.05 
30.91 
27.80 
54.13 
53.50 
51.80 


*802— 56  per  cent  fine. 
*938-63  percent  fine. 


*856— 67  per  cent  fine.  Some  hoof. 
*831— 70  per  cent  fine. 


*858— 63  per  cent  fine. 
*857— 70  percent  fine. 


COMMERCIAL    FERTILIZERS, 
ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS— Continued. 


367 


Pounds  per  Hundred. 


o 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Nitrogen. 

Potash. 

0 
3; 

0 

25 

3 

> 

M 

^     l  _«  ©1 

hH 

h- 1 

O 

H 

*4 

'  '^ 

H 

3 

< 
so 

o 

^ 

3  3 
£3 

D5 

Organic 
Nitrogen 

O 

So 

33 

£0 
£3 

O 

5 

c 

*8§ 

3 

CD 

Guaranteed 
as  Derived 

S" 

p 

CD 

CD 

CD 

f? 

From 

CD 

; 

:   0.0* 

» 

: 

; 

934 

9.19 

.89 

10.08 

2.07 

.33 

.90 

3.30 

5.08 

7.00 

1.00 

8.00 

7.00 

.50 

1.00 

2.90 

___ 

5.00 

977 

7.61 

1.72 

9.33  1       E 

2.35 



.*i 

> 

3.18 



4.63 

7.00 

1.00 

8.00  !       „ 

2.25 

.05 

■— 

2.90 

... 

5.00 

840 

9.70 

.68 

10.38         p 

2.59 

.38 

1.30 

CO 

4.27 



2.08 

... 

9.00 

2.00 

10.00         2 

2.50 

.40 

2.^0 

3 

4.00 

1.50 

957 

9.25 

1.30 

10.55        "E 

2.86 

.411 

1.12 

T3 

4.38 

: 

974 

9.4d 

1.48 

10.88  |       3 

2.77 

.15 

1.10 

t> 

4.02 

1.85 

9.00 

1.00 

20.00         o 

2.50 

.30 

2.30 

4.10 

1.50 

895 

9  54 

.54 

10.08     ;r 

9.84  !       o 

2.29 

.39 

1.39 

2, 

4.07 

2.12 

841 

9.32 

.52 

2.45 

.35 

1.47 

0 

4.27 

2.20 

842 

935 

.63 

9.98         3 

2.74 

.36 

1.19 

tt3 

4.29 

2.10 

843 

9.42 

.70 

10-12i    Co- 
10  13!   s£ 

2.69 

.36 

1.24 

4.29 

2.14 

844 

9.58 

.55 

2.76 

.33 

1.21 

CCrt> 

4.30 

1.91 

845 

10.07 
9.39 

.43 

.55 

10.50'  'a 
9.94     e  5" 

2.65 
2.60 

.35 
.37 

1.24 
1.34 

?   CD 

4.24 
4.31 

1.93 

846 

2.14 

896 

8.71 

1.24 

9.95  ;  "g  3- 

2.27 

.39 

1.52 

SB    2.         " 

4.18 

1.95 

935 

8  65 

.57 

9.22  1   *  K 

3.02 

.37 

1.21 

PS 

4.60 



2.47 

9  00 

1.00 

20.00  !       S 

2.30 

40 

1.40 

4. 10 

1.50 

847 

8.46 

.85 

9.31         2 

2.43 

.43 

.90 

I?** 

3.76 

3.49 

848 

8.00 

.54 

8  54!    a 

2.49 

.38 

.94 

CO   0 

3.81 

3.61 

.50 

849 

8.82 

.80 

9.62  !       £ 

2.56 

.30 

.90 

3.76 

3.22 

850 

9.49 

.92 

10.41         & 

2.70 

.24 

.86 

hs: 

3.80 

2.69 

851 

9.67 
8.29 

1.12 

.76 

10  79         " 
9.05  1       0 

2.60 
2.66 

.20 
.43 

.93 

.97 

CO 

3.7* 
4.06 

!    2.78 

3.57 

958 

8.00 

1.00 

9.00        3 

2.00 

40 

1.30 

3 

3.70 

1    3.00 

936 

9.05 

.79      9.84 

T3 

2.61 

.29 

.72 

*3 

3.62 

!  8.88 

.58 

7.00 

1.00 

8.00 

3 

2.00 

.35 

1.15 

2 

5.50    1  10.00 

937 



VJ 

15.84 

.. 

^ 

15.84!! 

23.66 

T.34 

25.00 

15.81 

15.81 

852 





16.00 





855 

9.20 

.41 

9.61 

4.06 

4.06 

6.69 

.76 

8.00 

2.00 

10.00 

Super 

4.00 

Bl,  Bn,  T 

4.00 

7.00 

799 

9.24 

.80 

10.04 

2.29 

1.83 

4.12 

6.55 

.72 

854 

9.24 

.93 

10.17 



1.72 

2.18 

__ 

3.90 

... 

6.68 

.64 

8.00 

2.00  j  70.00 

Bn, 

2.00 



2.00 

Bl,  Bn,  T 

4.00 

7.00 

796 

9.26 

.82    10.08 

'  "per 

1.53 

.24 

2.15 

3.92 

7.27 

800 

8.69 

.94      9.63 



1.91 

2.06 

3.97 

7  46 

.68 

801 

9.32 

1.37 

10.69 

1.74 

2.33 

4.07 

7.67 

.68 

898 

9.78 

1.07 

10.85 



1.62 

.30 

2.42 



4.34 

7.64 

8.00 

2.00 

70.00   Super,  G 

1.50 

... 

2.50 

._  -. 

4.00 

7.00 

80? 

23.64 

3.85 

Bl,Bn,G,T 

3.85 

24.OO 

2.50 

2.50 

856 

22.64 

3.97 

3.97 

858 

21.46 

20.00 

4.36 
5.00 

4.36 

5.00 

938 

29.44 

22.00 

3.54 

5.25 

3.54 

5.25 

831 

21.94 
22.02 

3.97 
3.91 

3.97 
3.91 

857 

22.00 

3.00 

5.00 

853 

14.63 
14.46 
14.00 

14.63 
14.46 

14.00 

897 

368  UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT  STATION. 

ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS— Continued. 


Name  and  Address  of  Manufacturer  oi 
Dealer,  and  Name  of  Brand. 


From  Whom  Obtained. 


Armour  Fertilizer  Works, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.— Continued. 


Blood 


do 
do 
do 


*907a 

908* 

909* 

910* 

911* 

912* 

913 

914* 


Sold  on  Station  analysis. 
Armour's  Flower  and  Fern  Food. 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Fruit  and  Vine 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Fruit  and  Vine- 

Guaranteed .._ 

Armour's  Fruit  Special 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Lawn  and  Garden 

Guaranteed... 

Armour's  Nitrate  of  Soda 

do i 

do... — 

Guaranteed. * 

Armour's  Orange  Tree  Manure... 
do.... 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Pea  Special 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Special  Fertilizer 

Guaranteed.. _. 

Armour's  Special  Fertilizer 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Special  5-8-2 

Guaranteed. __. 

Armour's  Special  5-8-2 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Sulphate  of  Potash 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Sulphate  of  Potash 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Tankage 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Tankage 

do.. 

do 

Guaranteed 

Armour's  Tankage 

do 


do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 


Arlington  Heights  Fruit  Co. 

do __ 

do 

..do....... 


W.  H.  Brown,  Los  Angeles 


J.  W.  Freeman,  Redlands. 
J.~C.~B~oy  d~  Rial  to" .'.'.'...'.. 


Pinkham  &  McKeritt,  Vacaville. 
W.  H.  Brown,  Los  Angeles 


W.  T.  Henderson,  Riverside 

J.  W.  Freeman,  Redlands 

J.  C.  Boyd,  Rialto 


W.  T.  Henderson,  Riverside 
J.  W.  Freeman,  Redlands.  .. 


G.  W.  Russel,  Ontario  ... 
J.  M.  Riley,  Los  Angeles. 


J.  M.  Riley,  Los  Angeles.. 
J.  W.  Freeman,  Redlands. 


J.  C.  Boyd,  Rialto. 

J.  W.  Freeman,  Redlands 


J.  Hudson,  Highgrove 


Factory,  Col  ton. 


W.  T.  Henderson,  Riverside 

J.  C.  Boyd,  Rialto 

C.  J.  Merryfield,  Riverside. . 


Arlington  Heights  Fruit  Co 

do 

..do 

do 

do 

do..-. 

..do 

..do 


53.80 
53.95 
53.98 
54.43 

29.13 

31.75 
28.35 
27.10 
29.62 
27.25 
23.50 
22.00 
27.32 
24.50 
51.08 
52.01 
52.01 
49.50 
27.68 
25.89 
25.75 
27.46 
25.10 
38.43 
36.00 
35.47 
34.20 
32.15 
27  40 
26.26 
26.80 
59.09 
57.60 
59.38 
58.80 
32.76 
33.00 
27.03 
28.63 
26.38 
29.00 
34.44 
35.43 
35.15  • 
34.90 
35.11 
35.56 
35.09 
33.54 


*863— 70  per  cent  fine. 

*810— 74  per  cent  fine. 

*901— 64  per  cent  fine. 

*940— 47  per  cent  fine. 

*907a-80  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 

*908— 70  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 


*909— 76  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 
*910 — 77  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 
*911— 76  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 
*912 — 76  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 
*913— 77  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 
*914 — 78  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 


COMMERCIAL  FERTILIZERS. 
ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS— Continued. 


369 


f 

SB 

B 

o 

Pounds  Per  Hundred. 

SB 

© 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Nitrogen. 

Potash. 

0 

tr 
0 

2 
c 
B 
cr 
re 

■< 
£. 

cr; 

ST 

1— 1 

13 

00 

o 

p 
o; 

© 

►3 

o 

E 

o 

M 1   M   S 

B  $5  g 

•  »  «> 

SB 

o 

SB 

5' 

Organic 

Nitrogen 

Guaranteed 

as  Derived 

From 

o 

P 

SB 

H 
0 

E 

5' 

903 

14.54 
14.58 
14.59 
14.71 

272 

3.50 
1.02 

1.00 

1.34 

1.50 
2.16 
1.50 
4.39 

4.00 

14.54 
14.58 
14.59 
14.71 

4.43 

5.00 
1.97 
2.00 
2.51 
2.00 
2.16 
1.50 
4.39 
4.00 
15.48 
15.76 
15.76 
15.00 
3.28 
2.73 
3.00 
2.50 
2.50 
4.54 
4.00 
2.15 
2.00 
4.22 
4.00 
3.79 
4.00 

91ft 

916 

917 

904 
803" 
899" 
859 

7.97 
8.00 
7.77 
6.00 
6.29 
6.00 
6.96 
8.00 
4.85 

4.00 

.64 

2.00 

.75 

2.00 
1.24 
2.00 
2.60 
2.00 
1.45 
1.00 

8.61 

10.00 
8.52 
8.00 
7.53 
8.00 
9.56 

10.00 

6.30 
5.00 

Bn.  G. 

Super 

Bn.  G. 

Super 

Bn.  G. 

Super 

Bn. 
Super 

Bn. 
Super 

1.71 

1.50 

.95 

1.00 

1.17 

.50 

— 

"Bl,Bn,"G. 
Bl7Bn,G,T. 
BX'BnJG.T. 
"Bl,Bn,~T. 
""Bf,T"" 



3.18 

8.00 

9.86 

10.00 

10.64 

10.00 

5.06 

5.00 

4.14 

4.00 



"54 

90ft 

7? 

804 

"15.48 

15.76 

15.76 

15.00 

1.38 

1.33 

1.50 

"86 

805 

860 

806 
807 

861 

9~.40 
9.84 
8.00 
9.86 
8.00 
13.36 

12.87 

12.00 

11.34 

8.00 

7.56 

8.00 

1.11 
1.21 

2.00 
6.88 
7.00 
3.61 
0.00 
6.40 
6.00 
1.37 
2.00 
2.4? 
2.00 

10.51 
11.05 

10.00 
16.74 
15.00 
16.97 
18.00 
19.27 
18.00 
12.71 
10.00 
9.98 
10.00 

Bn. 
Super 

Super 

Super 

Super 

Super 

Bn. 
Super 

— 

1.90 
1.40 

1.50 
2.50 
2.50 
1.83 
2.00 
2.15 
2.00 
4.22 

4.00 

2.05 
2.00 

""Bn."" 



3.71 
3.37 

4.00 

2.66 

2.50 

4.19 

4-00 

7.57 

8.00 

2.?? 

2.00 

2.38 

2.00 

49.24 

48.00 

49.48 

49.00 

— 

Bl,  Bn,T. 
B~l",Bn*,~T." 

"Bn","G." 

797 
918 

?.63 
2.00 

.08 



809 

Bl,  Bn,  T. 
"Bl,Bn,"T.' 

900 
808' 

1.74 
2.00 



86? 

1  70 

863 

3.97 

8.00 

16.61 

17.4? 

14.19 

15.00 

9.63 

8.34 

9.94 

8.10 

9.4? 

9.H5 

9.31 

6.83 

8.70 
9.00 
4.04 
4.32 
4.42 
5.00 
7.87 
8.46 
8.00 
8.36 
8.11 
8.26 
8.13 
8.26 

8.70 

9.00 
4.04 
4.32 
4.42 

5.00 
7.87 
8.46 
8.00 
8.36 
8.11 
8.26 
8.13 
8.26 

810 

901 

940 

907a 

90S 

909 

910 

911 

91? 

913 

914 







370 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA — EXPERIMENT  STATION. 
ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS-Continued. 


Name  and  Address  of  Manufacturer  or 
Dealer,  and  Name  of  Brand. 


919* 
920* 
921* 
922* 
949*, 
95(1* 
951* 
952* 
953* 
963a* 
964* 
969* 


864 
929 
930* 
976* 

865 

866 

816 
867 

829 

965 

966 
967 

972 

973 

975 


868 


Armour's  Fertilizer  Works, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.— Continued. 

Armour's  Tankage _ 

do 

do..- 


do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 


Sold  on  Station  analysis. 

Balfour,  Guthrie  &  Co., 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Nitrate  of  Soda . 

Guaranteed 

Sulphate  of  Potash 

Guaranteed . 

Thomas  Phosphate  Powder. 
Guaranteed 

Thomas  Phosphate  Powder. 
Guaranteed 


Arlington  Heights  Fruit  Co. 
..do 1... 


do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 


P.  Johnson,  Riverside  . 
L.  Koethen,  Riverside. 
Roemer,  Campbell 


J.  B.  Lungeier,  Los  Angeles 


A.  T.  Botts,  Palermo 
A"  T~  Botts  "Palermo '. 


California  Fertilizer  Works, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Fruit  and  Vine - 

Guaranteed 

Nursery  Stock 

Guaranteed 

Odorless  Lawn |  Honts,  Jewell  &  Peterson,  Santa  Rosa. 

do Perkins  &  Wise  Co.,  Oroville 

Guaranteed 

Special i  R.  J.  Nelson,  Riverside. 

Guaranteed __ 


Special 

do 

do 

Guaranteed 

Special  Nursery  Stock 

Guaranteed 

Special  Orange  Tree -. 

Guaranteed 

Special  Phosphate  and  Potash. 
Guaranteed 


Latimer  &  Dyer,  Arlington. 

dO i 

Hugh  Latimer,  Arlington.. 


J.  P.  Brown,  Riverside 

J.  P.  Brown,  Riverside 

W.  J.  Benjamin,  Los  Angeles 


Columbus  C.  Chapman, 
Los  Angeles,    Cal. 

Blood Wilcox,  Rose  Mercantile  Co.,  Colton. 

Guaranteed .- 


*919— 76  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 
*920— 76  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 
*92l — 76  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 
*922— 76  per  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 
*949— 75  per  cent  fine. 
*950— 76  per  cent  fine, 
*951 — 76  per  cent  fine. 


*9.>2— 72  per  cent  fine. 
*953— 73  per  cent  fine. 
*963a-76  per  cent  fine. 
*964— 71  per  cent  fine. 
*969— 76  per  cent  fine. 
*930-69  per  cent  fine. 
*976— 73  per  cent  fine. 


3.^.24 
35.64 
35.99 
35.  b8 
.35.38 
35.47 
36.61 
35.46 
34.05 
36.13 
35.65 
34.32 


52.21 
49.50 
62.64 
59  10 
17.41 

15.9  < 
15.80 


26.02 
26.48 
27.07 
26.40 
28.72 
30.64 
24.73 
2S.52 
27.90 
37.09 
34.67 
36.72 
35.10 
29.80 
30  96 
29.40 
29.37 
28.43 
29.45 


46.18 

42.55 


COMMERCIAL    FERTILIZERS. 


371 


ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS-Continued. 


r 

— 
o 

Pounds  Pkb 

Hundred. 

p 
o 

-: 
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Phosphoric  Acid. 

Nitrogen.                                       Potash. 

0 
0 

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B 
B 

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> 
< 
2. 
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o 

0 

*:?=  s 

:  3.  si 

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E 

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CO 

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o 

p 

3 
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Nitrogen 

Guaranteed 

as  Derived 

From 

E     si 

'      J   2-' 

i 

B  O 

H 

O 

0 

919 



6.88 

1 

15.82 

15.15 



8.16 
8.73 
8.92 
8.69 
8.9H 
9.19 
9.08 
8.97 
8.88 
9.12 
9.28 
8.74 

8.16 

8.73 

8.92  | 

8.69  i 

x.*-6 

9.19 

9.08 

8.97 

8.8* 

9.12 

9.28 

8.74; 

15.82 
15.15 

9>o 

7.45 

7.07 
7. OH 

921 











.... 

949 

6.15  

5.27    



950 

:::::: 

951 

7.18   

952 
953 
963a 

964 

K.20 

4.82 

6.44 

5.12 







969 

5.75 

864 

52.20 

49.25 



78 

9^9 

930 



19.78 

19.57 



976 

17.70 

17.55 

9.77 
9.00 
10.21 
10.00 
14.93 
16.63 
12.00 
11. HO 
12.00 

Bn,  T 

Bn, 

Super 



Super 

Bn, 
Super 

Bn, 

Super 
Bn. 
Super 

Bn, 

.93 
.50 
1.89 
1.00 
3.  IS 
3.15 
3.25 
1.77 

1.00 

2.27 

1.00 
1.34 

0.85 

.41 
"".20 

".24 

1.20 
2.00 
1.39 

3.00 

"Y.85 
3.00 
4.98 
4.74 
4.79 
5.00 
1.65 
3.10 
1.32 
2.00 

12.48 

11.50 

"B7,*Bn~T 
"bi/BDi't 

2.54 

2.50 
3.48 
4-00 
3.18 
3.15 
3.25 
3.86 
4.00 
4.98 
4.74 
4.79 
5.00 
3.92 
4.10 
2. 66 
2.85 

12.48 
11.50 



6.24 

3.*2 

2.00 
2.75 
3.03 
2.00 
3.42 
5.00 
4.50 
4.00 
4.67 
4.00 
2.62 
2.00 
8.07 
7.10 
9.28 
10.00 

..... 

865 
866 

816 

867 

829" 



6.82 

6.50 

8.08 

7.00 

10.66 

11.85 

8.00 

7.33 

6.00 

9.6H 

8.94 

9.43 

9.00 

9.51 

10.50 

7.7* 

8.00 

14.34 

13.50 

2.95 

2.50 
2.13 
3.00 
4.27 
4.78 
4.00 
4.47 
6.00 

1.22 
Y.20 

.50 

965 

4.33    13.99 

....  — — 

"Bi"Bn" 
"Bi~Bn" 

966 
967 

972 

973 

975 

868 

4.16 
5.12 
3.00 
3.61 
3.00 
2.53 
2.50 
0.18 
2.50 

13.10 

14.55 
i2.00 
13.12 
i.5.50 
10.26 
10.50 
14.52 

10.00 

.... 

"66 

372 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT  STATION. 


ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS-Continued. 


Name  and  Address  of  Manufacturer  or 
Dealer,  and  Name  of  Brand. 


From  Whom  Obtained. 


■"OS, 


Cudahy  Packing  Company, 
South  Omaha,  Neb. 


980 

798 
869 
906* 

870 
871 

873* 

874* 
875* 

876* 

872 

877* 

817 
818 
811^ 

819 

820 

830 
97r 


Cudahy 's  Blood  and  Bone 
Guaranteed 


Arlington  Heights  FruitCo.,  Riverside 


Maier  Fertilizer  Co., 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


'A  A' 
'A  A" 


Guaranteed. 


Guaranteed. 


rp  » 


Guaranteed. 


T.  H.  Morton,  Los  Angeles 

WiTl"  Eilis","Highland "."".  "  '.'.  '.  II  ""II 

Johnson  &  Musser  Seed  Co..  Los  Ang. 


Mapes  Formula  and  P.  G.  Co., 
New  York. 


Mapes  Fruit  and  Vine... 

Guaranteed 

Orange  Tree  Manure 

Guaranteed 


J.  J.  Prendergast,  Redlands. 
J.  J.  Prendergast,  Redlands. 


Morris  &  Co.,  Chicago. 
Big  2  Bone 

do""-I""I"I-III"""I 
Guaranteed 

Big  8  Bone  and  Potash 

Guaranteed 

Blood 

Guaranteed 

Tankage 

Guaranteed 


T.  C.  Wallace,  Riverside 

L.  G.  Haight,  Redlands 

Wilcox,  Rose  Mercantile  Co.,  Colton. 


L.  G.  Haight,  Redlands.. 
L.  G.  Haight,  Redlands  . 
T"  C."  Wallace.  Riverside' 


Pacifie  Bone,  Coal  and  Fertilizer  Co. 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Ceres 

Guaranteed.. _ 

Lupine __ 

Guaranteed _ 

Pure  Bone  Meal 

Guaranteed 


Hickey  &  Vonsen,  Petaluma 

Thompson,  Beard  &  Son,  Napa. 
Thompson,  Beard  &  Son,  Napa. 


Pacific  Guano  and  Fertilizer  Co. 
San  Franeiseo,  Cal. 

Grape.. 

Guaranteed 

Potato  and  Corn. 

Guaranteed 


G.  P.  McNear,  Petaluma. 
G.  P.  McNear,  Petaluma. 


Carroll  B.  Smith,  Redlands. 

Dried  Blood 

Guaranteed 

Tankage  and  Bone 

Guaranteed 


Carroll  B.  Smith,  Redlands. 
Carroii  BrSmTth,"Rediands. 


*906— 81  per  cent  fine. 
*873— 81  per  cent  fine. 
*874— 73  per  cent  fine. 
*875— 70  per  cent  fine. 


30.54 

27.90 


31.50 
29.60 
27.86 

32.00 
21.02 

22.80 


27.11 

24.58 
23.93 


31.19 
32.07 
31.17 

30.90 

33.91 

29.00 

47.06 

48.10 
37.60 

37.55 


33.30 

25.35 
26.87 
23.30 
31.23 
26.95 


40.37 

41.80 
35.68 

29.80 


37.56 

48.10 
31.98 

23.85 


*876— 72  per  cent  fine. 
*877-82  per  cent  fine. 
*811— 47  per  cent  fine. 
*971— 59  Der  cent  fine,  considerable  hoof. 


COMMERCIAL   FERTILIZERS. 
ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS— Continued. 


373 


r 

C 

o 

Pounds  Per  Hundred. 

P 

a 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Nitrogen. 

Potash. 

0 
0 

3 
B 

< 
5. 

p 

cr 

3 

CO 

O 

en 

0 

E 

~i  «"  5 
1    G,fa, 

0 
p 

CD 

CO 

O 
p 

0' 

Organic 

Nitrogen 

Guaranteed 

as  Derived 

From 

H 
0 

P 

•a* 

So 

eg 
p" 

<D 

p 
S? 

0 

E 

3 

980 

6.20 
7.00 

8.35 

8.00 
7.26 
8.00 
7.47 
8.00 

4.60 

j    5.00 
5.82 
6.00 

10.78 

5.69 
4.00 
4.75 
4.00 
5.01 
6.00 

3.06 

2.00 
3.01 
2.00 

16.98 

12.00 

14.04 
12.00 
12.01 

i2.00 
12.48 
14.00 

7.66 

7.00 
8.83 
S.00 

29.42 

28.40 
27.82 
28.00 
27.28 
25.00 

5.21 

5.00 

3.92 

4.00 
4.11 

5.00 
2.81 
5.00 

0.79 

0.30 
0.98 

0.74 

2.25 
2.75 
2.62 

2.50 
2.31 
2.00 
12.72 
2S.00 
10.00 
9.75 

1.14 

1.25 

5.21 

5.00 

3.92 

^.00 
4.11 

5.00 
2.81 
3.00 

1.91 
1.65 
3.14 

3.29 

2.25 

2.75 

2.62 

2.50 

2.31 

2.00 

12.72 

.Z3.00 

10.00 

9.75 

3.04 

2.75 

Bl,  Bn 

Bl,  Bn 

BT,"Bn~T" 
"BT/Bn~T~ 
~Bi~"Bn~T 

G 

G 

798 



3.84 
S.00 
1.64 

2.00 



Bn,    T 
Bn,    T 
Bn,    T 

Bn,   G 
Bn,  G 

869 





.... 

906 

0.84 
1.20 
1.73 
2.40 

0.28 
0.i5 
0.43 
0.i5 

870 
871 ' 

873 



11.20 

i0.00 

3.87 
3.00 



2.20 
1*68 

874 

875 

876 















3.53 

4.00 



0.50 

87? 

877 

4.50 

5.50 

12.63 

10.00 
12.98 
.70.00 
24.37 

22.00 

11.09 
i.S.00 
13.55 
il.00 

817 
81S~ 

11.39 

7.00 
11.70 

9.00 


1.24 

3.00 
1.28 

i.00 

Bn, 

Super 

1.90 

1.50 



Bl"*Bn,"T" 



7.20 

5.00 

10.16 

^0.00 



0.96 
060 

Super 

811 

3.45 

3.45 

2.75 

3.08 
3.00 
3.66 
3.00 

10.15 

i3.00 

4.47 

3.25 

819 

10.40 
11.00 
11.59 

9.00 

0.69 
2.00 
1.96 
2.00 

Bn, 
Bn, 

3.08 
3.00 
3.66 
3.00 

10.15 

i3.00 
4.47 

3.25 

"Bn," 
~~~Bl~Bn~~~ 

7.10 

7.79 

14.00 
6.34 
6.00 

14.89 

14.00 

5.92 

820 





1.38 

830 

20.98 
16.00 

97  T 

374 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT  STATION. 


ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS— Continued. 


907 

942 
960 

943 

944* 

961* 

832* 
931* 
945* 
946* 
962* 

947* 
948* 
963* 

822 

941 

833* 
959* 

981* 


878 
879 

954 
955 
956 
968 
970 

880*1 
932*| 

881* 
882* 
883* 
884* 
885 

886* 

887 


Name  and  Address  of  Manufacturer  or 
Dealer,  and  Name  of  Brand. 


A.  F.  M.  Strong,  Los  Angeles 22. 

17. 

Bartlett  &  Duley,  Upland 50, 

G.  W.  Griffiths,  Jr.,  Covina.. 52, 


O.  H.  Stanton,  Cucamonga. 
Bartlett  &'  Dnley' Upland  '. 
G~  W."  Griffiths,  Jr.,  Covina '. 


Swift  &  Company,  Chicago. 

Bone  Meal... 

Guaranteed 

Blood 

do 

Guaranteed _. 

Diamond  B _ 

Guaranteed 

Diamond  C 

Guaranteed _.. 

Diamond  D. 

Guaranteed 

Diamond  E. _ 

do 

do... 

do 

do 

Guaranteed 

Diamond  G.  

do 

do 

Guaranteed 

Nitrate  of  Soda 

Guaranteed 

Special  Acidulated  Bone j  Bartlett  &  Duley,  Upland 

Guaranteed 

Swift's  Special  Bone  Meal 

do 

Guaranteed 

Special  Bone  Meal 

Guaranteed.. 


From  Whom  Obtained. 


lis 


Carroll  B.  Smith,  Redlands 30 

E.  L.  Kcethen,  Riverside j  32 

O.  H.  Stanton,  Cucamonga 32 

Bartlett  &  Duley,  Upland 32 

G.  W.  Griffiths,  Jr.,  Covina.. ....31 

_ \se. 

Bartlett  &  Duley,  Upland 33 

O.  H.  Stanton,  Cucamonga 32 

G.  W.  Griffiths,  Jr.,  Covina 35 

32, 
52 


Carroll  B.  Smith,  Redlands. 


Union  Fertilizer  Co., 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Bat  Guano  Phosphate 

do _ 

Guaranteed 

Bird  Guano  Phosphate 

do... 

do.... 

do 

do 

Sold  on  Station  analysis. 

Bone  Meal 

do 

Guaranteed 

Fruiting 

do 

do.... 

do 

do 

Guaranteed 

Special 

Guaranteed 

Special  Fruiting 

Guaranteed.  £ 


M.  B.  Curtis,  Lordsburg.  ... 
G.  W.  Griffiths,  Jr.,  Covina. 


E.  W.  Hart,  San  Dimas 30 

35, 


49 
19 
88 
13 
10 
16 
60 

oo 
40 

50 
.78 
,89 
81 
74 
53 
67 
00 
42 
81 
90 
25 
01 
50 
14 
56 
07 
54 
99 
.93 
19 


E.  E.  Cole,  Redlands j  30.58 

J.  W.  Freeman,  Upland _J  28.59 

.27.20 

Arlington  Heights  Fruit  Co. ;  27.94 

do ..25.91 

do 26.61 

do ...  29.88 

do :.. 26.66 


N.L.May,  Rialto j  31.52 

J.  F.  Jackson,  Riverside 27.07 

E.  E.  Cole,  Redlands ....j  27.34 

J.  W.  Freeman,  Upland 26.92 

J   B.  Hanna,  Colton 25.71 


N.  L.  Mav,  Kialto. 

C.  A.  Miller,  Highland. 


J.  W.  Freeman,  Upland. 
J.  W.  Freeman,  Upland. 


27.13 
23.96 
24.18 

28.24 
25.98 
31.12 
29.50 


*944— 59  per  cent  fine.  *947— 77  per  cent  fine 

*961— 70  per  cent  fine.  *948— 71  per  cent  fine. 

*832— 78  per  cent  fine.  *963— 69  per  cent  fine. 

*931— 74  per  cent  fine.  *833- 60  per  cent  fine. 

*945— 78  per  cent  fine.  *959-57  per  cent  fine. 

*946— 72  per  cent  fine.  *880— 22  per  cent  fine. 

*962— 81  per  cent  fine.  *981— 53  per  cent  fine. 


*932-4l  percent  fine. 

*881] 

*882  | 

*883  }  Chlorin  excessive. 

*884  | 

*886  i 


COMMERCIAL    FERTILIZERS. 
ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS— Continued. 


375 


Pounds  Per  Hundred. 

o 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Nitrogen.                                     Potash. 

a 

0 

c 

3 

C 

n 

> 
< 
2. 

cr 

l    : 

o 

5" 

i 

9 

S  J'  so 

com 

BS  3 

~3 

w  o 

O 

w 
p 

3 
Ci 

Organic 

Nitrogen 

Guaranteed 

as  Derived 

From 

2 

E 

51 

SB 

H 

0 

BS 

3 
j 
i 

i  l 

907 

16.22 

3.73 

19.95 

18.00 

1.92 

0.82 
13.75 
14.09 
13.00 
2.64 
2.47 
2.47 
2.^7 
1.85 
1.64 
4.37 
5.10 
4.80 
4.89 
4.64 

4-94 
3.29 
3.31 
3.70 

S.25 

1.92 

13.75 

942 

960 

1  1- 

13.00 

943 

13  94 
15. 00 

4.90 

2.00 

18.84 
18.00 
27.00 
25.00 
20.58 
i9.00 
20.(  4 
19.34 
20.52 
19.88 
19.86 
19.00 
20.88 
20.26 
19.34 
19.00 

'" 
1S.81 
20.00 
2S.36 
29.9S 
29.00 
32.48 

21.31 

20.51 
15.00 
3«.14 
36.6X 
36.78 
36.58 

Bn. 





"Bl,Bn,"T 

2.64 

2.47 
2.47 
2.47 
1.85 

1.64 

4.37 

5.10 
4.80 

944 

Bn. 

:::: 



Bn. 
"Bl/Bn'T 



....  1 — 

11.46 

20.00 

961 





.... 

931 

945 

946 





4.89 
4.64 
4.94 
3.29 
3.31 

962 





Bn. 



Bl,  Bn,  T 

947 

4.59 

4.46 
6.54 

5.00 



948 

14.94 

18.00 

3~.«7 
2.00 

Bn. 

15.76 
15.00 

:::::: 

963 

8->9 

.._.!    3.70 

Bl,  Bn,  T  j    3.25 
15. 7tt 



— 

15.00 

941 

8  S3 

2.02 

2!  17 

2.02 

.82 
2.17 
1.93 

.82 
1.45 

0.82 

1.43 
1.36 
1M 

...... 





— 

959 

27.00 

13.76 
12.97 

i^.00 
14.  iO 
10.82 
11.74 
16  55 
11.40 

7.55 
7.54 
1.00 
22.04 
25.86 
25.04 
20.03 
25.96 

1.93 

.82 



Bn. 





981 

1.45 

0.82 

1.43 
1.36 

1.25 

"~Bn".""~ 

878 
879 

954 



— 



4.28 
3.63 

4-50 

"58 

955 



956 





968 

970 

8^0 

37.36 

21.85 
25.09 

11.57 

10.13 
8.54 

10.59 
8.29 
9.00 

12.42 

"9.13 

10.00 

4.1.S 

4.13 
2.06 

WW, 



9.57 
8.75 
8.45 
9.05 
7.01 
7.00 
11.13 

ii.50 

7.94 
8.00 

¥.00 
1.38 
.09 
1.54 
1.28 
2.00 
1.29 

1.19 

2.00 

Super 
Bn.G.T 

Super 
Bb.G.T 

Super 
Bn,G,T 

"".31 

.49 
1.73 
1 .4ft 

.25 

.75 

2.68 

2.00 

'"".26 
.39 

2.06    

881 
8*9 

2.00 
2.33 
2.23 

2.00 
2.90 
8.11 



'3.50 
~2.50 
4.00 

3.76 

3.90 
3.90 
3.77 
3.42 
3.50 
3.97 
2.50 
5.03 
4-00 

*2.92 

*4.06 

883 
884 
8*5 

886 

. 
887 

-- 

.15 
.18 
.23 

.00 

".29 

.75 

1.28 
1.54 
2.54 

1.65 
2.63 
2.55 
1.41 

2.25 

biiVgVt 

3.16 
3.17 
3.02 

8.00 
2.63 

2.55 
4.3H 
4.00 

*6.28 

::;  86 
.90 

*1.60 

"86 

376 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA — EXPERIMENT  STATION. 
ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS— Continued. 


>i 

o 

>-» 

c 

B 

c 

a> 

<-> 

Name  and  Address  of  Manufacturer  or 
Dealer,  and  Name  of  Brand. 

From  Whom  Obtained. 

< 

CD 

13 
9 

CD 

E 

o 

3 

933* 

Western  Meat  Company, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Bone  Meal 

Western  Meat  Co.,  San  Jos£ 

33.16 

Guaranteed 

31.10 

98? 

Woodbridge  Chemieal  Works, 
San  Bernardino,  Cal. 

Woodbridge  Rose  and  Lawn 

Factory,  San  Bernardino  - . 

22.53 

Guaranteed 

20.85 

902* 

Woodbridge  Fertilizer  Company, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Woodbridge  Special  Fertilizer. 

Guaran  teed.. 

L.  W.  Fox,  Colton 

29.19 

*933— 19  per  cent  fine. 


*902— Small  amount  of  hoof. 


COMMERCIAL    FERTILIZERS. 


377 


ANALYSES  AND  VALUATIONS-Continued. 


c 

o 

Pounds  per  Hundred. 

o 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Nitrogen. 

Potash 

0 

•^ 

O 

5; 

e 

3 
0- 
a 

> 
< 

» 

: 

O 

5" 

0 

E 

Q 

0  M^ 

:  d-d- 

3 

2^ 
I* 

O 

crq 
13 
0 

Organic 

Nitrogen 

Guaranteed 

as  Derived 

From 

0 
E 

So 

0 

E 

3 

933 

23.48 
24.00 

4.23 

3.50 

4.23 

3.50 

982 

3.24 

7.40 

10.64 

0.10 

3.07 

3.17 

2.97 

... 

5.00 

5.00 

10.00 

Bn,  G 

0.50 



2.00 

- 

2.50 

— 

2.50 



902 

!    6.20 

5.00 

4.72 

5.00 

10.92 
10.00 

Bn 

Super 

1.79 



2.06 

Bl,  Bn~G" 

3.85 
4.00 



5.05 
5.00 



.72 

378  UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT  STATION. 


CALIFORNIA  FERTILIZER  LAW. 

CHAPTER  CCXXV. — An  act  to  regulate  the  sale  of  commercial  fertilisers  or 
materials  used  for  manurial  purposes,  and  to  provide  penalties-  for  the  infraction 
thereof,  and  means   for  the  enforcement  of  the  act. 

[Approved  March  20,   1903.] 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  do  enact 

as   follows: 

Section  1.  Every  lot,  parcel,  or  package  of  commercial  fertilizers  or  materials 
to  be  used  for  manurial  purposes  (excepting  the  dung  of  domestic  animals),  sold, 
offered,  or  exposed  for  sale,  within  this  State,  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  plainly 
printed  label,  stating  the  name,  brand,  and  trade  mark,  if  any  there  be,  under  which 
the  fertilizer  is  sold,  the  name  and  address  of  the  manufacturer,  importer,  or  dealer, 
the  place  of  manufacture,  and  a  chemical  analysis,  stating  the  percentages  claimed 
to  be  therein  ;  of  nitrogen,  specifying  the  form  or  forms  in  which  it  is  present ;  of 
phosphoric  acid,  available  and  insoluble ;  and  of  potash,  soluble  in  distilled  water, 
and  the  materials  from  which  all  of  said  constituents  are  derived.  All  analyses  are 
to  be  made  according  to  the  methods  agreed  upon  by  the  American  Association  of 
Official  Agricultural  Chemists.  In  the  case  of  those  fertilizers,  the  selling  price  of 
which  is  less  than  eight  dollars  ($8)  per  ton,  said  label  need  only  give  a  correct 
general  statement  of  the  nature  and  composition  of  the  fertilizer  it  accompanies. 

Sec.  2.  No  person  shall  sell,  offer,  or  expose  for  sale  in  this  State,  any  pulver- 
ized leather,  hair,  ground  hoofs,  horns,  or  wool  waste,  raw,  steamed,  roasted,  or  in 
any  form  as  a  fertilizer,  or  as  an  ingredient  of  a  fertilizer  or  manure,  without  an 
explicit  statement  of  the  fact ;  said  statement  to  be  conspicuously  affixed  to  every 
package  of  such  fertilizer  or  manure,  and  to  accompany  and  go  with  every  lot, 
parcel,  or  package  of  the  same. 

Sec.  3.  The  manufacturer,  importer,  agent  of,  or  dealer  in  any  commercial 
fertilizers,  or  materials  used  for  manurial  purposes,  the  selling  price,  of  which  to 
the  consumer  is  eight  (.$8)  dollars  or  more  per  ton,  shall,  before  the  same  is 
offered  for  sale,  obtain  a  certificate  of  registration  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Board 
of  Regents  of  the  University  of  California,  countersigned  by  the  Director  of  the 
Agricultural  Experiment  Station  of  the  said  University,  authorizing  the  sale  of 
fertilizers  in  this  State,  and  shall  securely  fix  to  each  lot,  parcel  or  package  of 
fertilizer  the  word  "registered"  with  the  number  of  registry.  The  manufacturer, 
importer,  agent,  or  dealer,  obtaining  such  registry,  shall  pay  to  the  said  Secretary 
the  sum  of  fifty  ($50)  dollars,  to  be  applied  as  provided  in  section  nine  of  this 
act ;  such  registration  shall  expire  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  June  of  the  fiscal  year 
for  which  it  was  given  ;  provided,  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to 
any  agent  whose  principals  shall  have  obtained  a  certificate  of  registration  as 
herein  provided.  Every  such  manufacturer,  importer,  agent,  or  dealer,  who  makes 
or  sells,  or  offers  for  sale,  any  such  substances,  under  a  name  or  brand,  shall  file, 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  July,  in  each  year,  a  statement,  under  oath,  with  said 
Director,  stating  such  name  or  brand,  and  stating  the  component  parts  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  section  one  of  this  act,  of  the  substances  to  be  sold,  or 
offered  for  sale,  or  manufactured  under  each  such  name  or  brand. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  Director  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  Septem- 
ber, take  samples  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  five  hereof  of  the 
substance  made,  sold,  or  offered  for  sale,  under  every  such  name  or  brand,  and  cause 
analyses  to  be  made  thereof  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  one 
hereof,  and  said  analyses  may  include  such  other  determinations  as  said  Director 
may  at  any  time  deem  advisable.  Dealers  in,  or  manufacturers  of  fertilizers,  must 
give  free  access  to  the  Director  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  or  his  duly 
authorized  deputy,  to  all  the  materials  which  they  may  place  on  the  market  for  sale 
in  California.     Whenever  the  analysis  certified  by  the  said  Director  shall  show  a 


COMMERCIAL    FERTILIZERS.  379 

deficiency  of  not  more  than  one  fourth  of  one  per  cent  of  nitrogen,  or  one  per  cent 
of  soluble  or  available  phosphoric  acid,  or  one  half  of  one  per  cent  of  potash  soluble 
in  distilled  water,  the  statement  of  the  manufacturer  or  importer,  as  required  in 
section  one  of  this  act,  shall  not  be  deemed  to  be  false  in  the  meaning  of  this  act; 
provided,  that  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  sales  of  fertilizing  materials  made  to  a 
registered  manufacturer  of  fertilizers,  or  to  sales  for  export  outside  of  this  State ; 
provided  further,  that  the  said  Director  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  of 
the  University  of  California  shall,  upon  the  receipt  of  a  sample  of  fertilizer,  accom- 
panied with  a  nominal  fee  of  two  ($2)  dollars,  furnish  to  the  user  of  said  com- 
mercial fertilizer,  such  examination  or  analysis  of  the  sample  as  will  substantially 
establish  the  conformity  or  non-conformity  of  the  said  fertilizer  to  the  guarantee 
under  which  it  was  sold. 

Sec.  5.  The  Director  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  of  the  University 
of  California,  in  person  or  by  deputy,  is  hereby  authorized  to  take  a  sample  not 
exceeding  two  pounds  in  weight  for  analysis  by  the  said  Director,  or  his  deputies, 
from  any  lot,  parcel,  or  package  of  fertilizer,  or  material,  or  mixture  of  materials 
used  for  manurial  purposes,  which  may  be  in  the  possession  of  any  manufacturer, 
importer,  agent,  or  dealer,  but  said  sample  shall  be  drawn  in  the  presence  of  said 
party  or  parties  in  interest,  or  their  representatives.  In  lots  of  five  tons  or  less, 
samples  shall  be  drawn  from  at  least  ten  packages,  or,  if  less  than  ten  packages 
are  present,  all  shall  be  sampled ;  in  lots  of  over  five  tons,  not  less  than .  twenty 
packages  shall  be  sampled.  The  samples  so  drawn  shall  be  thoroughly  mixed,  and 
from  it  two  equal  samples  shall  be  drawn  and  placed  in  glass  vessels,  carefully 
sealed,  and  a  label  placed  on  each,  stating  the  name  or  brand  of  the  fertilizer  or 
material  sampled,  the  name  of  the  party  from  whose  stock  the  sample  was  drawn, 
and  the  time  and  place  of  drawing ;  and  said  label  shall  also  be  signed  by  the  said 
Director  or  his  deputy  making  such  inspection,  and  by  the  party  or  parties  in 
interest,  or  their  representatives  present  at  the  drawing  and  sealing  of  said  samples. 
One  of  said  duplicate  samples  shall  be  retained  by  the  party  whose  stock  was 
sampled,  and  the'  other  by  the  Director  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  of 
the  University  of  California. 

Sec.  G.  The  Director  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  of  the  University 
of  California  shall  publish  in  bulletin  form,  from  time  to  time,  at  least  annually, 
the  results  of  the  analysis  hereinbefore  provided,  with  such  additional  information 
as  circumstances  may  advise. 

Sec.  7.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  use  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station  of  the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley,  Alameda  County,  as  set  forth  in 
this  act,  out  of  any  moneys  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of 
eighteen  hundred  ($1,800)  dollars  for  the  equipment  of  a  laboratory,  with  the 
chemicals  and  apparatus,  and  other  incidentals  necessary  to  the  successful  prosecu- 
tion of  the  work. 

Sec.  8.  In  order  to  further  provide  for  the  necessary  expenses  of  this  work, 
there  shall  be  paid  by  the  manufacturer,  importer,  agent,  or  dealer,  twenty-five  cents 
for  every  ton  of  fertilizer  sold,  the  selling  price  of  which  to  the  consumer  is  eight 
($8)  dollars  or  more  per  ton.  A  statement  sworn  to  by  the  manufacturer,  importer, 
agent,  or  dealer,  of  such  sales,  shall  be  rendered  quarterly  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Regents  of  the  University  of  California,  accompanied  by  the  corresponding 
amount  of  the  special  license  fee  as  above  specified ;  provided,  that  whenever  the 
manufacturer  or  importer  shall  have  paid  the  special  license  fee  herein  required, 
for  any  person  acting  as  agent  or  seller  for  such  manufacturer  or  importer,  such 
agent  or  seller  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  the  special  license  fee  named  in  this 
section.  On  receipt  of  said  special  license  fee  and  statement,  the  said  Secretary 
shall  issue  to  the  manufacturer,  importer,  agent,  or  dealer,  a  certificate  of  com- 
pliance with  this  section. 

Sec.  9.  All  moneys,  whether  received  from  registry  and  analytical  fees  or  special 
license  fees,  shall  be  paid  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University 
of  California,  for  the  use  of  said  board  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act. 


380  UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT  STATION. 

Sec.  10.  Any  party  selling,  offering,  or  exposing  for  sale,  any  commercial 
fertilizer  without  the  statement  required  by  section  one  of  this  act,  or  with  a  label 
stating  that  said  fertilizer  contains  a  larger  percentage  of  any  one  or  more  of  the 
constituents  mentioned  in  said  section  than  is  actually  contained  therein,  except  as 
provided  for  in  section  four,  or  respecting  the  sale  of  which  all  the  provisions  of 
this  act  have  not  been  fully  complied  with,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  before  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  shall  be 
fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  fifty  ($50)  dollars  and  costs  of  action  for  the  first 
offense,  and  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  and  costs  of  the  action  for  each  subsequent 
offense.  Said  fines  to  be  paid  into  the  school  fund  of  the  county  in  which  con- 
viction is  had. 

Sec.  11.  In  any  action,  civil  or  criminal,  in  any  court  in  this  State,  a  certificate 
under  the  hand  of  said  Director,  and  the  seal  of  said  University,  stating  the  results 
of  any  analysis,  purporting  to  have  been  made  under  the  provisions  of  this  a.ct,  shall 
be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  fact  that  the  sample  or  samples  mentioned  in  said 
analysis  or  certificate  were  properly  analyzed  as  in  this  act  provided ;  that  such 
samples  were  taken  as  in  this  act  provided ;  that  the  substances  analyzed  contained 
the  component  parts  stated  in  such  certificate  and  analysis ;  and  that  the  samples 
were  taken  from  the  parcels  or  packages  or  lots  mentioned  or  described  in  said 
certificate. 

Sec.  12.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  July  first, 
nineteen  hundred  and  three. 


STATION   PUBLICATIONS.  381 

STATION  PUBLICATIONS  AVAILABLE  FOR  DISTRIBUTION. 


REPORTS. 


1896.  Report   of    the    Viticultural    Work    during    the   seasons    1887-93,    with    data 

regarding  the  Vintages  of  1894-95. 

1897.  Resistant    Vines,    their    Selection,   Adaptation,    and    Grafting.      Appendix    to 

Viticultural  Report  for  1896. 

1898.  Partial   Report  of  Work  of  Agricultural  Experiment  Station   for  the  years 

1895-96  and  1896-97. 
1900.     Report  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  for  the  year  1897-98. 

1902.  Report  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  for  1898-1901. 

1903.  Report  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  for  1901-1903. 

1904.  Twenty-second  Report  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  for  1903-1904. 

TECHNICAL  BULLETINS— ENTOMOLOGICAL  SERIES. 

Vol.   1,  No.  1 — Wing  Veins  of  Insects. 

No.  2 — Catalogue  of  the  Ephydridse. 

BULLETINS. 

Reprint.  Endurance  of  Drought  in  Soils  of  the  Arid  Region. 

No.  128.  Nature,  Value  and  Utilization  of  Alkali  Lands,  and  Tolerance  of  Alkali. 
(Revised  and  Reprint,  1905.) 

133.  Tolerance  of  Alkali  by  Various  Cultures. 

140.  Lands  of  the  Colorado  Delta  in  Salton  Basin,  and  Supplement. 

141.  Deciduous  Fruits  at  Paso  Robles. 

142.  Grasshoppers  in  California. 
144.  The  Peach- Worm. 

147.  Culture  Work  of  the  Substations. 

148.  Resistant  Vines  and  their  Hybrids. 

149.  California  Sugar  Industry. 

150.  The  Value  of  Oak  Leaves  for  Forage. 

151.  Arsenical  Insecticides. 

152.  Fumigation  Dosage. 

153.  Spraying  with  Distillates. 

154.  Sulfur  Sprays  for  Red  Spider. 
156.  Fowl  Cholera. 

158.  California  Olive  Oil;   its  Manufacture. 

159.  Contribution  to  the  Study  of  Fermentation. 

160.  The  Hop  Aphis. 

161.  Tuberculosis   in   Fowls.      (Reprint.) 

162.  Commercial  Fertilizers.      (Dec.   1,   1904.) 

163.  Pear  Scab. 

164.  Poultry  Feeding  and  Proprietary  Foods.     (Reprint.) 

165.  Asparagus  and  Asparagus  Rust  in  California. 

166.  Spraying  for  Scale  Insects. 

167.  Manufacture  of  Dry  Wines  in  Hot  Countries. 

168.  Observations  on  Some  Vine  Diseases  in  Sonoma  County. 

169.  Tolerance  of  the   Sugar  Beet  for  Alkali. 

170.  Studies  in  Grasshopper  Control. 

171.  Commercial  Fertilizers.     (June  30,  1905.) 

172.  Further  Experience  in  Asparagus  Rust  Control. 

173.  Commercial  Fertilizers.      (December,  1905.) 

174.  A  New  Wine-Cooling  Machine. 

175.  Tomato  Diseases   in   California. 

176.  Sugar  Beets  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley. 

177.  A  New  Method  of  Making  Dry  Red  Wine. 

178.  Mosquito  Control. 

179.  Commercial  Fertilizers.     (June,  1906.) 

180.  Resistant  Vineyards.  , 

181.  The  Selection  of  Seed-Wheat. 

182.  Analysis  of  Paris  Green  and  Lead  Arsenate.     Proposed  Insecticide  Law. 

183.  The  California  Tussock-moth. 

184.  Report  of  the  Plant  Pathologist  to  July  1,  1906. 

185.  Report  of  Progress  in  Cereal  Investigations. 

186.  The  Oidium  of  the  Vine. 


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UNIVERSITY   OF   CALIFORNIA — EXPERIMENT   STATION. 


CIRCULARS. 

No.   1. 

Texas  Fever. 

Xo. 

18 

2 

Blackleg. 

19 

3*. 

Hog  Cholera. 

20 

4. 

Anthrax. 

21 

5. 

Contagious  Abortion  in  Cows. 

7. 

Remedies  for  Insects. 

22 

9. 

Asparagus   Rust. 

10. 

Reading  Course  in  Economic 

23 

Entomology.      (Revision.) 

24 

11. 

Fumigation    Practice. 

25. 

12. 

Silk   Culture. 

13. 

The   Culture  of  the   Sugar  Beet. 

26. 

15. 

Recent  Problems   in   Agriculture. 

What  a  University  Farm  is  For. 

27 

16. 

Notes  on  Seed-Wheat 

17. 

Why      Agriculture      Should      be 
Taught  in  the  Public  Schools. 

Caterpillars  on  Oaks. 

Disinfection    of    Stables. 

Reading    Course    in    Irrigation. 

The  Advancement  of  Agri- 
cultural  Education. 

Defecation  of  Must  for  White 
Wine. 

Pure  Yeast   in   Wineries. 

Olive   Pickling. 

Suggestions  Regarding  Exam- 
ination of  Lands. 

Selection  and  Preparation  of 
Vine   Cuttings. 

Marly  Subsoils  and  the  Chlo- 
rosis or  Yellowing  of  Citrus 
Trees. 


Copies  may  be  had  on  application  to  Director  of  Experiment  Station,  Berkeley,  Cal. 


